Thursday, 22 September 2011

The new Doctor Who Magazine is out today for just £4.50 and features
an interview with Alex Kingston in advance of the Series Six finale The Wedding of River Song…

“Towards the end of this episode, we have one of the most
exciting sequences we’ve ever done,” Alex reveals. “While this battle
is going on, there are scenes between the Doctor, River, Amy and Rory
where the final jigsaw pieces are put in place. Um…” She’s choosing her
words carefully now. “Let’s put it this way: there’s a big revelation
about River, and River gets a big revelation about the Doctor…”

Also in this issue:

BUSINESS UNUSUAL

DWM catches up with Gareth Roberts and finds out about his latest
episode, Closing Time, his forthcoming novelisation of Douglas Adams’
Shada, and how to write for the most complex character on TV - the
Doctor!

THE GIRL WHO WAITED - AND THE BOY WHO WROTE ITDWM chats to Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, Amy and Rory Pond, about
the heart-breaking episode The Girl Who Waited - and interviews the
story’s writer Tom MacRae about his remarkable script, the immersive
theatre production Crash of the Elysium and the secrets of creating
great drama.

PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW
Steven Moffat, Doctor Who’s showrunner, says fond farewells and recalls
initial encounters with two of the most important people on the show in
Production Notes.

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
What do Buddy Holly, Alan Turning and the dodo have in common? Discover
the answer in the second part of the thrilling new comic strip adventure
The Child of Time, by Jonathan Morris with art by Martin Geraghty.

PAST AND FUTURE GLORIESDWM revisits Doctor Who’s tenth season - five fantastic stories,
featuring Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor, that celebrated the past and lay
seeds for the future - as Countdown to 50 continues.

DELETE! DELETE!
108 episodes of Doctor Who have been wiped from the archives and no
longer exist. That’s terrible, right? Or is it? DWM’s Jonny Candon and
Toby Hadoke argue the surprising pros and cons in the latest Battle of Wits.

IT’LL BE ALL REICH ON THE NIGHT
River Song herself, Alex Kingston, takes DWM behind the scenes of Let's Kill Hitler and reveals her thoughts on River’s past - and future - in
Doctor Who…

YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH!
A creepy clown, Weeping Angels and a marauding Minotaur - yes, it’s
possibly the weirdest story this year, The God Complex! DWM chats on set
to the cast and crew of this a-maze-ing tale, including stars Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, writer Toby Whithouse and the
Minotaur itself - Spencer Wilding.

THE FINAL ADVENTURES
Phil Ford, head writer on The Sarah Jane Adventures, gives DWM readers
an exclusive preview of what to expect in all three stories of the fifth
and final series of the popular CBBC spin-off from Doctor Who.

EXCUSE DAVID, HE’S A BIT OF A FAN…
David Walliams, star of The God Complex, talks about his memorable role
as the cowardly alien, Gibbis, and confesses his long-term love of all
things Doctor Who.

BOOM! BOOM!
Emma, Chris, Michael and Will take a trip to sunny Wales and watch the
Ninth Doctor, Rose, Captain Jack and Mickey take on Margaret Slitheen -
what on Earth will The Time Team make Boom Town?

PLUS!

All the latest official news, TV and merchandise reviews,
previews, competitions, a prize-winning crossword and much, much more!

Issue 439 of Doctor Who magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 19th October priced £4.50 per copy. In other news: This issue of DWM has confirmed that series seven of Doctor Who won't go into production until February 2012 and that the first part of the series will broadcast the following Autumn, with the second in Spring 2013.